STUDIES IN ROMANS

LESSON 29

THE FUNCTION OF THE LAW

Romans 7:7-12 (KJV)

⁷ What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. ⁸ But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. ⁹ For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. ¹⁰ And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. ¹¹ For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. ¹² Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

Romans 7:7-12 (CEB)

⁷ So what are we going to say? That the Law is sin? Absolutely not! But I wouldn’t have known sin except through the Law. I wouldn’t have known the desire for what others have if the Law had not said, Don’t desire what others have.^{[a] 8} But sin seized the opportunity and used this commandment to produce all kinds of desires in me. Sin is dead without the Law. ⁹ I used to be alive without the Law, but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life, ¹⁰ and I died. So the commandment that was intended to give life brought death. ¹¹ Sin seized the opportunity through the commandment, deceived me, and killed me. ¹² So the Law itself is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

1.     IS THE LAW SIN? V.7

Ø  Absolutely not

Ø  The Law made me understand what sin is

Ø  Examples: lusting and coveting

2.    SIN POINTED OUT THE THINGS THAT I WAS DOING WERE SIN V.8

3.    WALKING DEAD MEN V. 9

Ø  Before the Law I thought I was alive

Ø  The Law showed me sin was alive (working) and I was really dead (to God)

4.    THE LAW’S PURPOSE TO BRING ME TO GOD, INSTEAD SHOWED ME THAT I WAS SEPERATED FROM HIM BY SIN, SO EFFECTIVELY I DIED V. 10-11

5.    THE LAW’S STATUS V. 12

Ø  The Law is holy and the Commandments are holy, righteous and good, just as God designed them, the result in men is because they don’t line up with the Law or God’s Commandments

IF SIN STILL RUNS YOUR LIFE, YOU ARE STILL UNDER LAW.  CHOOSE GRACE!

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